spilosom \. 385 



1754. Spilosoma ingequalis. 



Larva. Miyake, Journ. Coll. Agric. Tokio, ii. p. 210. 



Head reddish ochreous; body dorsally dark In-own with a slight 

 purplish tinge, laterally ochreous mottled with In-own; cervical 

 shield metallic blue-green; dorsal and subdorsal tubercles metallic- 

 blue, lateral, subspiracular, and ventral tubercles ochreous; each 

 tubercle with black and white hairs, the tubercles of 1th to 9th 

 somites with brown hairs mixed. Food-plant, mulberry. 



*1755a. Spilosoma javana. (Plate L1X. fig. 3.) 

 Diacrisia javana, Roths. Nov. Zool. xvii. p. 137 (1910). 



c? . Head and thorax brownish ochreous ; palpi and sides of 

 frons black-brown, the former with some ochreous at base ; antennae 

 ochreous, the branches brown ; tibiae and tarsi suffused with brown; 

 abdomen orange-yellow, the ventral surface ochreous, small dorsal 

 black spots on four medial segments and a lateral series except 

 towards base. Fore wing brownish ochreous ; an antemedial black 

 point above vein 1 ; a postmedial series of black points on each side 

 of the veins, minute and obsolescent towards costa and very oblique 

 below vein 4 ; subterminal black points on each side of veins 7 

 to 3 and some minute points at middle of termen. Hind wing 

 ochreous white ; a black discoidal spot ; a subterminal spot at 

 discal fold, obsolescent band from veins 3 to 1, and blackish spot 

 below vein 1 ; the underside with the subterminal maculate black 

 band not obsolescent and with some points between it and discal 

 fold and towards costa. 



Hub. Java, type f 8 in Coll. Rothschild. Exp. 42 millim. 



1755 b. Spilosoma procedra. (Plate LIX. fig. 4.) 



Diacrisia procedra, Swinh. A. M. N. H. (7) xx. p. 75 (1907). 

 Diacrisia hosei, Roths. Nov. Zool. xvii. p. 137 (1910). 



8 . Head ochreous white ; palpi black with some yellow at base; 

 sides of irons black; antenna? black except basal joint; thorax 

 pale brownish ochreous ; pectus and legs ochreous white, the legs 

 streaked with fuscous, the tarsi fuscous ; abdomen orange-yellow, 

 the ventral surface creamy white, dorsal, lateral, and sublateral 

 series of small black spots except towards base. Fore wing pale 

 brownish ochreous ; a small black spot at base ; an antemedial spot 

 on costa and obliquely placed spots above and below vein 1 ; a 

 black point in upper angle of cell with small spot above it on costa ; 

 postmedial points below vein 3 and above 2 and small spots 

 above and below vein 1; subterminal points below veins G and !. 

 Hind wing creamy white, the inner area tinged with yellow; 

 a black discoidal spot; small subterminal spots above and below 

 vein 5 and four larger spots between vein 3 and tornus 



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